Man and his environment.

Ecology is the division of biology that treats of relation between organisms and their natural
environment. In the case of man, ecology treats of his world: earth and soil, forests, water, and wild
life. Man needs a supply of pure water, forests and park areas for recreation. He also needs good
soil to produce food with a high nutrition in minerals and vitamins.
The ecologist is a scientist. But a good farmer is also an ecologist, because he makes efforts to
conserve water and soil and increase the productivity of his land. He also protects the animals that
are beneficial to his crops, and destroys those that are not useful.

Vocabulary
environment
world
treat of
forest
food
farmer

1. Translate into Spanish.

2. Say True (T) or False (F) according to the reading. Justify the False statements.

a) ___ Ecology is a division of biology.

b) ___ Ecology treats of man´s world: earth and soil, forests, water and wild life.
c) ___ Man needs a supply of park areas to produce food.
d) ___ A good farmer makes efforts to increase the productivity of his land.
e) ___ A good farmer destroys the animals that are beneficial to his crops.

3. From the list below, select the proper words to complete the following ideas.
Water, man, food, agriculture, increase.

a) ______________ needs food with a high nutrition in minerals.

b) Farmers use modern machinery to ______________ the productivity of their lands.
c) ______________ is important for agriculture.

4. Write 4 sentences using the following words: environment, soil, animals, plants, farmer,
water, agronomist, forest.